n00b alert : i've been messing about with Inkscape for a while, read some basic tutorials, mostly been creating simple icons from free SVGs for a mapping project.

my question relates to a file such as the attached. it's one of a pack of free SVG icons.

i'd like to modify the image a bit -- say remove a pillar and redistribute the others -- so normally i'd Ungroup, select etc and go about my business.

in this case however, and many other instances like it, Ungroup doesn't work. no matter how many times you do it you you're just left with the one conglomerate image.

so the question is, how do i "rediscover" the individual components? supposedly it would end up being the roof, four pillars, and the base.

ty.

okay, figured it out, as you might imagine.

in reading throught he forum i found a mention that the SVG file is just an XML. i looked in it using an editor and discovered that the object info is there as a PATH.

checked Inkscape, found "Break Apart" on the Path menu and voila! worked like a charm.

so, thank you me.

i hope this info is useful for someone else.

Congratz!

Tip: The notification area in the status bar at screen-bottom displays lots of handy info on selected objects and more*.


*more:
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL ... atomy.html

thanks for the tip, and the tavmjong link.